Glasair Aircraft Owners Association

Mods

Tractor to Flush Gas Caps

Mods

Vortex Generators on a Sportsman

Mods

Acme Aero Stinger Tailwheel Suspension in a GlaStar

Events

GAOA Gathering at Lakeland Florida

GlaStar & Sportsman

What to Expect When You’re Expecting… an Engine

GAOA Merchandise: Order yours today!

GLASTAR & SPORTSMAN

Prop gauged by spinner. Photo: Randi Ernst

How to & Builder Tips

Propeller and Spinner Installation Tips

Propeller cutout and resin: The template for the cutout in the spinner for the prop blades is incorrect due to the addition by SH...

lightweight-small-jack

Maintenance

Lightweight Custom Jack

Steve and I recently installed a set of Thomas Cox’s jack pads on our tricycle-gear GlaStar. These beautifully machined pads fit perfectly and will...

Fiberglassing Tips

How to & Builder Tips

Wing rotating jig

Wing Rotating Stand

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Rudder Trim

How to & Builder Tips

Redesigned Sportsman float struts

Float Rigging Design & Maintenance, Part 1

Maintenance

GLASAIR

How-to and Builder Tips

Transponder Performance

Submitted by Evan Julber, Bend Oregon I’d like to relay to the group two conversations I’ve had with others regarding transponder performance. A friend of mine...

Maintenance

Glasair RG Gear Strut Servicing

It has been pointed out that our overhaul instructions are somewhat confusing and do not apply to landing gear struts that are being serviced...

GlaStar Exhaust Alternative

Mods

Water Level Using PVC Pipe

How-to and Builder Tips

Alternate Method for Determining External Dimensions of Slotted Flaps

How-to and Builder Tips

Gerry Hodnefield’s Glasair II-S First Flight

Glasair

PEOPLE & PLACES

Lifestyle

It’s Not About the Airplanes, But the People

After last year's Columbia fly-in, Arlo Reeves made an astute comment on GlastarNet: “By now I can say with some confidence that it’s not...

Doing Business with the Glasair III

Glasair

Superior XP-400 piston. Top two are compression rings and the bottom is the oil control ring.

Engine Break-in

How to & Builder Tips

Lakes and Suttons over Idaho. Photo: Arlo Reeves.

Smiley Creek 2017

Events

Wrangell St. Elias National Park

Matt Freeman’ s GlaStar Accident in Alaska

Flying

Pirates at Columbia

Pirate Pilots Swoop in on the Columbia Fly-in

Events

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ARTICLES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED

Leading Edge Lights

How to & Builder Tips

Building a GlaStar—Presentation by Dave Prizio

Events

Sportsman Kits Available Again

News

Making Cowl Bumps

How to & Builder Tips

GlaStar Nose Fork Modification for 5.00 x 5 Wheel and Tire

Mods

RESOURCES

glastar kit delivered in driveway

New Builder?

Resources

Strength of Riveted Joints

Resources

Sportsman carbon-fiber

Sportsman Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Glasair Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

Glasair I, II, III Options & Accessories Catalog (Archive)

Glasair

Glasair II-S, Photo © Ad Meskens / Wikimedia Commons

History of Glasair Aviation

Resources

Sensenich Fixed-Pitch Propeller Nomenclature and Repitching

Maintenance

Glasair Merlin on its first test flight in Arlington, Washington.

Merlin Specifications and Performance

Airplanes

ABOUT US

The Glasair Aircraft Owners Association is the one must-join association for Glasair, GlaStar, Sportsman 2+2, Merlin, and OMF Symphony builders, owners, pilots, and enthusiasts. If you’re currently building, flying—or dreaming of building and flying one—this is the place for you! We are not affiliated with Glasair Aviation, LLC., but we maintain a great working relationship. Our members can be found worldwide.

Disclaimer: This website contains information submitted by our members about building their airplanes. Some methods they employ may differ from the factory instructions. Builders are advised that they are responsible for their own construction methods and should check with the factory if any of the information included on this website differs from the factory manuals. The Glasair Aircraft Owners Association has not checked the accuracy or safety of any information included on these web pages and any users of this information do so completely at their own risk.

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